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The whole community has pitched in and Adam strongly believes every child should have the chance to sample their big adventure, no matter what their background.

“It doesn’t matter who you are, anyone can play for Flint Town,” he said. “It’s great that anyone is welcome to come to trials and basically we want everything to be accessible to every single member of the team.

“We don’t want anyone to miss out. All the parents and everyone are getting involved to make sure no one misses out.”

Flint Town United youngsters training hard in readiness for their big international trip

One of those young hopefuls, eight-year-old Issac Fitzpatrick, is itching to pitch himself against the best - and he reckons they’re not going out just to make the numbers up.

“I’m really excited because this is my first trip with Flint Academy,” he said. “I’m looking forward to having the chance to win and playing football with all the other countries.”